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BOOKS -- Jill Lepore adds a Pulitzer to her laurels, but she's nowhere near ready to rest -- The Harvard and New Yorker superstar who never planned to become a historian is driven, above all, by a relentless curiosity.

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Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

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odie henderson review | ★★★ - Sorry to bother you! 'I Love Boosters' is lots of fun - Boots Riley's latest is a raucous ode to the working class led by Keke Palmer and Demi Moore.

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BOOK REVIEW -- The quiet man whose comic strips spoke to and for a generation -- It seems as if "Doonesbury" has been with us forever. First syndicated in 1970, the year that Garry Trudeau graduated from Yale, "Doonesbury" has covered every war from Vietnam to the current "short-term excursion."

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TV CRITIC'S CORNER -- PBS gears up for the 250th with a rebroadcast of 'The American Revolution' -- The network will also re-air some of its other programming that touches on American history, particularly around the Revolutionary War.

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ODIE HENDERSON REVIEW | ★★ -- The Mandalorian, Grogu ... and Martin Scorsese? -- The latest entry in the "Star Wars" saga features the adorable critter from the Disney+ show, and costars the storied director in a scene-stealing role.

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TV CRITICS CORNER -- New PBS documentary captures 'Rebel' W.E.B. Du Bois in all his complexity -- The documentary airs as part of the PBS series "American Masters" on Tuesday night.

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ODIE HENDERSON REVIEW | ★★★1/2 -- 'The Sheep Detectives' is a lamb good movie -- Hugh Jackman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus lead an all star cast in this surprisingly effective murder mystery that will delight ewe.

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Guitar gurus Joe Satriani and Steve Vai unite as the SATCHVAI Band

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This week's TV: A Wanda Sykes comedy special, Tatiana Maslany in 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,' and more

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Judith Barnard, of best-selling 'Judith Michael' fame, dies at 94

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La CASA opens its doors with a weekend of bomba, salsa, and art

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Adults relive the camaraderie of youth at band camps for grown-ups

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'SNL': Will Ferrell hosts season finale, Paul McCartney performs

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The best local book events this week

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Author Ann Patchett urges a 'breath' for books as PEN gala raises $2M amid ban surge

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80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

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A fan in Boston confessed to stealing a lead singer's identity — then he inspired the band's next album

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When is an orchestra not an orchestra? By any label, Handel and Haydn's ensemble shined at Old South Church.

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Smithsonian adds back impeachment language to label on Trump portrait

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The 'Battlestar Galactica' reboot was a timely show about terrorism. It was also just good TV.

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Tom Brady, Cynthia Erivo to headline conference in Boston

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Drake's 'Nothing Was the Same' is the album that changed my life

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Inside the 'Lincoln' symphony that Philip Glass pulled from Trump's Kennedy Center

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Five new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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Claire Maurier, the narcissistic mother in '400 Blows,' dies at 97

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